Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IL-LU-MIN-A'TION, n.

1. The act of illuminating or rendering luminous; the act of supplying with light.
2. The act of rendering a house or a town light, by placing lights at the windows, or in elevated situations, as a manifestation of joy; or the state of being thus rendered light.
3. That which gives light. The sun – is an illumination created. Ralegh.
4. Brightness; splendor.
5. Infusion of intellectual light; an enlightening of the understanding by knowledge, or the mind by spiritual light.
6. The act, art or practice of adorning manuscripts and books with pictures. Encyc.
7. Inspiration; the special communication of knowledge to the mind by the Supreme Being. Hymns and psalms – are framed by meditation beforehand, or by prophetical illumination are inspired. Hooker.